REGENTS' ROUNDUP

The Regents took the following actions at their April meeting:

$24.7 million in gifts accepted

The Regents accepted
$24,781,059 in gifts received during March. The total includes $19,947,730
from individuals, $1,611,683 from corporations, $2,010,845 from
foundations and $1,210,801 from associations and others.

Tenured
faculty appointments OKd

Tenured faculty appointments
included:

Vicki V. Baker, from the University of Texas, will be
associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and the George W. Morley
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, effective July 1.

Eric R.
Fearon, from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will be
associate professor of internal medicine, of pathology and of human
genetics and the Emanuel N. Maisel Professor of Oncology, effective July
1.

James J. Mule, who taught at Stanford University, will be
professor of surgery, effective May 1.

Kenneth Kiesler, music
director and conductor of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra and its
affiliated Chamber Orchestra, will be professor of music (conducting),
effective Sept. 1.

Lorraine M. Gutierrez, from the University of
Washington and a visiting faculty member at U-M, will be associate
professor of social work, effective Sept. 1.

13 receive
administrative appointments

Administrative appointments approved
the Regents included:

Hugh D. Aller, professor of astronomy, was
reappointed as chair of the Department of Astronomy for a five-year term,
effective July 1.

John G. Cross, professor of economics, was
reappointed LS&A associate dean for budget and administration for a
three-year term beginning July 1.

Herbert J. Eagle, associate
professor of Slavic languages and literatures and associate professor in
the Residential College, was reappointed director of the Residential
College for a one-year term, effective July 1.

Elaine K. Gazda,
professor of classical art and archaeology, was reappointed director and
curator of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology for another year, effective
July 1.

Robert L. Kuczkowski, professor of chemistry, was
reappointed chair of the Department of Chemistry for a two-year term,
effective July 1.

Kristine A. Siefert, professor of social work,
was reappointed assistant dean for research of the School of Social Work
for another year, effective July 1.

Frederick R. Amrine, associate
professor of Germanic languages and literatures, was named chair of the
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures for a three-year term
beginning July 1.

Paul N. Courant, professor of economics and
public policy, willserve as chair of the Department of Economics for a
three-year term, effective July 1.

Richard O. Lempert, professor of
sociology and the Francis A. Allen Collegiate Professor of Law, will serve
as chair of the Department of Sociology for a three-year term beginning
July 1.

Piotr A. Michalowski, the George D. Cameron Professor of
Ancient Near Eastern Civilization and Languages, will serve as acting
chair of the Department of Near Eastern Studies for a one-year term
beginning Sept. 1.

Lauren E. Talalay, associate curator of the
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, will serve as acting director of the museum
for a one-year term, effective Sept. 1.

Thomas E. Weisskopf,
professor of economics and research scientist at the Center for Russian
and East European Studies, will serve as director of the Residential
College for a five-year term, effective July 1, 1996.

Gay Ann
Delanghe, associate professor of dance, will serve as chair of the
Department of Dance for a five-year term, effective July 1.

Building renovations get go-ahead

The Regents approved these
Ann Arbor building renovation projects:

 Three teaching
laboratories will be constructed in former Biology Library space in the E.
H. Kraus Building, permitting the relocation of teaching laboratories from
the C.C. Little Building to accommodate ongoing renovations there. "The
relocation will additionally achieve the goal of locating specialized
teaching facilities within the same building as the department providing
the instruction," said Executive Vice President Farris W. Womack. The
project's estimated budget is $700,000.

 Renovations to the
first floor lobby and corridors in the Mortimer E. Cooley Building will
create a pedestrian passage link to the new Engineering Center Building.
Additional renovations will provide a barrier-free restroom, an accessible
classroom, improved air conditioning for a large seminar room, and
additional space for Department of Nuclear Engineering offices. Estimated
cost is $308,000.

 Renovations in the Industrial and
Operations Engineering Building will provide a new lobby and corridor area
in the northwest corner of the first floor where it opens to the new
Engineering Center Building. "Among other work," Womack noted, "an
outdated Computer Room will be upgraded to meet new functional needs.
Proposed external facade improvements will include installing new thermal
windows, refurbishing the ventilation towers and enlarging the loading
dock." The project has an estimated budget of $900,000.

Clark
approved as SPH dean

Noreen M. Clark, chair of the Department of
Health Behavior and Health Education, will become dean of the School of
Public Health (SPH) on Sept. 1. Her nomination was announced April 12.

Clark also is the Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor of Public
Health. She will succeed Prof. Richard E. Cornell, who has served as
interim dean since September 1993.